Lists of fastest-selling albums

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This is a list of the world's fastest-selling albums of recorded music. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and all sales must have occurred in the first week of release. [1] This list can contain any type of album, including studio albums, extended plays, greatest hits, compilations, various artists, soundtracks and remixes. Market order within the article is ranked alphabetically. Albums within each table are listed in order of number of copies sold and thereafter by the artist's first name.

Contents

Argentina

This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Argentina.

RankYearTitleArtistSalesReference
11997 Romances Luis Miguel 400,000 [2]

Cameroon

YearTitleArtistSalesReference
1996 Class F/M  [ fr ] Petit-Pays 50,000 [3]

Canada

This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Canada since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began in 1995. 25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in Canada with over 305,928 copies sold in its first seven days of release.

RankYearTitleArtistSalesReference
12015 25 Adele 305,928 [4]
21997 Let's Talk About Love Céline Dion 230,212 [5] [6]
31999 Millennium Backstreet Boys 191,791 [7] [8]
42003 Star Académie Star Académie 173,000 [9]
52000 Black & Blue Backstreet Boys156,307 [7]
62002 A New Day Has Come Céline Dion151,600 [10]
72002 Up! Shania Twain 150,000 [11]
82008 Black Ice AC/DC 119,000 [12]
92006 I Think of You Gregory Charles 109,000 [13]
102014 1989 Taylor Swift 107,000 [14]

Colombia

This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Colombia.

RankYearTitleArtistSales
Shipments		Reference
11997 Tengo Fe Carlos Vives 300,000 [15]
22013 Loco de Amor Juanes 240,000 [16]
32013 Corazón Profundo Carlos Vives 120,000 [17]
42009 Clásicos de la Provincia II Carlos Vives 42,000 [18]

Denmark

YearTitleArtistSalesReference
2008Show the World Martin 36,000 [19]

France

This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in France.

RankYearTitleArtistSalesReference
12018Mon pays c'est l'amour Johnny Hallyday 780,177 [20] [21]
22002 À la vie, à la mort 305,634 [20] [21]
32013 Random Access Memories Daft Punk 195,013 [22]
42015 25 Adele 169,693 [23]
52012 Monkey Me Mylène Farmer 147,530 [24]
62011 Bleu noir 139,176 [25]
72015 Interstellaires 109,971 [26]

Germany

This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Germany.

RankYearTitleArtistSalesReference
12007 12 Herbert Grönemeyer >300,000 [27]
22017 Helene Fischer Helene Fischer 300,000 [27]
32015 25 Adele 263,000 [28]
42019 Untitled Rammstein 260,000 [29]

Greece

YearTitleArtistSalesReference
1996 Antidoto Anna Vissi 80,000 [30]

Ireland

In Ireland, the fastest-selling album is The Best of 1980–1990 by U2 in November 1998. [31]

Japan

This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Japan since Oricon was founded in November 1967. The top two sales records were achieved in the same week, on March 28, 2001, as both albums were promoted as a direct competition between J-pop singer-songwriters Hikaru Utada and Ayumi Hamasaki. [32]

RankYearTitleArtistSalesReference
12001 Distance Hikaru Utada 3,002,720 [33] [34]
22001 A Best Ayumi Hamasaki 2,874,870 [33] [34]
31998 The Best "Pleasure" B'z 2,709,530 [34] [35]
41998 The Best "Treasure" 2,500,120 [34] [36]
52002 Deep River Hikaru Utada2,350,170 [34] [37]
62000 Delicious Way Mai Kuraki 2,218,640 [34] [38]
71999 First Love Hikaru Utada2,026,870 [34] [39]
81997 Review Glay 2,003,150 [34] [40]
91996 Sweet 19 Blues Namie Amuro 1,921,850 [34] [41]
102002 I Am... Ayumi Hamasaki1,751,360 [34] [42]

Mexico

Luis Miguel holds several of the fastest-selling albums in Mexico. His seventh studio album Cómplices sold 320,000 units in its first day alone. [43]

RankYearTitleArtistSalesReference
11990 20 Años Luis Miguel 600,000 [44]
21997 Romances 560,000 [45]
31996 Nada Es Igual... 500,000 [46]
42004 México en la Piel 400,000 [47]
52008 Cómplices 320,000 [43]
62005 Nuestro Amor RBD 160,000 [48]

New Zealand

This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in New Zealand since the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand, later renamed as Recorded Music NZ, was founded in 1972. 25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in NZ with over 18,766 copies sold in its first seven days following release.

RankYearTitleArtistSalesReference
12015 25 Adele 18,766 [49]
22009 I Dreamed a Dream Susan Boyle 17,435 [49]

Spain

YearTitleArtistSalesReference
2002 Corazón latino David Bisbal 600,000 [50]
2003 Divorcio Julio Iglesias 200,000 [51]

South Korea

This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in South Korea as recorded by the Hanteo Information System [lower-alpha 1] established in 1993. [52] 5-Star by Stray Kids is the fastest-selling album of all time in South Korea with 4,617,499 copies shipped to stores in its first seven days of release. [53]

RankYearTitleArtistSalesRef.
12023 5-Star Stray Kids 4,617,499 [53]
22023 FML Seventeen 4,550,214 [53]
32023 ISTJ NCT Dream 3,652,897 [54]
42020 Map of the Soul: 7 BTS 3,378,633 [55]
52022 Proof 2,752,496 [56]
62020 Be 2,274,882 [57]
72022 The Name Chapter: Temptation TXT 2,180,889 [58]
82022 Maxident Stray Kids2,163,349 [59]
92019 Map of the Soul: Persona BTS2,130,480 [60]
102023 Layover V 2,101,974 [61]
  1. ↑ The Hanteo chart provides real-time daily, weekly, and monthly sales updates, but only accounts for data received from affiliated stores and therefore does not reflect the total sales of a given release. The Circle Album Chart (formerly Gaon), counts albums shipped to all stores regardless of affiliation, so there is always a noticeable difference between its figures and Hanteo's. Gaon, however, only began providing realtime data from 2019. Given this article's scope, and the limitations of existing sources, Hanteo's numbers alone are used.

United Kingdom

This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in the United Kingdom. 25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in the UK with just over 803,000 copies sold in its first seven days.

RankYearTitleArtistSalesReference
12015 25 Adele 803,000 [62]
21997 Be Here Now Oasis 696,000 [62]
32017 ÷ Ed Sheeran 672,000 [63]
41963 With the Beatles The Beatles 530,000 [64]
52010 Progress Take That 518,601 [65]
62005 X&Y Coldplay 464,471 [66]
72008 The Circus Take That432,490 [67]
82009 I Dreamed a Dream Susan Boyle 411,820 [68]
92003 Life for Rent Dido 400,351 [69]
102008 Now That’s What I Call Music! 70 Various Artists 383,002 [70]

Notes:

United States

This is a list of the fastest-selling albums (pure sales) in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began on March 1, 1991. 25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in the US with 3,378,000 copies sold in its first seven days.

RankYearTitleArtistSalesReference
12015 25 Adele 3,378,000 [73]
22000 No Strings Attached *NSYNC 2,416,000 [73]
32001 Celebrity 1,880,000 [73]
42000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 1,760,000 [73]
52000 Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 1,591,000 [73]
62004 Encore Eminem1,582,000 [74]
72002 The Eminem Show 1,322,000 [upper-alpha 1] [73]
82000 Oops!... I Did It Again Britney Spears 1,319,000 [73]
92014 1989 Taylor Swift 1,287,000 [73]
102017 Reputation 1,216,000 [75]
112012 Red 1,208,000 [73]
122005 The Massacre 50 Cent 1,141,000 [upper-alpha 2] [73]
132022 Midnights Taylor Swift1,140,000 [76]
141999 Millennium Backstreet Boys1,134,000 [73]
152011 Born This Way Lady Gaga 1,108,000 [73]
162004 Confessions Usher 1,096,000 [73]
171998 Double Live Garth Brooks 1,095,000 [73]
182000 Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit 1,055,000 [73]
192010 Speak Now Taylor Swift1,047,000 [73]
202004 Feels Like Home Norah Jones 1,022,000 [73]

Notes:

  1. ↑ denotes sales from The Eminem Show's second week of availability, which was its first full week of activity. In its opening week, only one day of sales—284,000 copies—was recorded as the album's release date was pushed up due to bootlegging.
  2. ↑ denotes sales from The Massacre's first four days of availability as the album was unconventionally released in the middle of an ongoing tracking week.

Additional records

Pre-SoundScan era

The following albums predate the introduction of Nielsen SoundScan, and are possibly subject to manipulation or inflation as sales were self-reported by record labels: [77]

SoundScan era

  • Although not in its opening week, Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album moved 1,061,000 units during Christmas week 1992. [86]
  • Although not in its opening week, the Beatles' compilation 1 moved 1,258,667 units during Christmas week 2000. [87]
  • 25 by Adele sold 1.11 million and 1.16 million copies in its second [88] and fifth weeks of availability respectively. [89]
  • Encore by Eminem sold 1.58 million copies in its first ten days of availability, after an abbreviated three-day first week. [90]

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